Method of making hinges for stove-doors or the like.



B. A. BAXTER.

METHOD OF MAKING HINGES FOR STOVE DOORS OR THE LIKE.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 6.1914.

1,143,023. Patented June 15, 1915.

anoamtoz Quorum THE NORRIS PETERS CO1. FHOTO'LITHQ, WASHINGTUN. D. C.

PATENT cares.

BERRY A. BAXTER, E MAIBTSFTELD, OHIO, A'ssiciuon TO NEW METHOD s'rovECOM- PANY, OEMANs IELD, care, A rARTNEEsHIP COMPOSED 0E HENRY H.SANFORD, -BERNHARD R. AHRENDT, EDWIN 1). BAXTER, AND BERRY A. BAXTER.

METHOD OF MAKING'HINGES FOR STOVE-DOORS OR THELIKEV To all whom it mayconcern:

Be it known that I, BERRY A. BAXTER, a citizen of the United States ofAmerica, residing at Mansfield, in the county of Richland and State ofOhio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Methods ofMaking Hinges for Stove-Doors or the like, of which the following is aspecification.

This invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in methodof making hinges for stove doorsand the like, and the primary object ofthe invention is to provide an improved and simplified method of makingstrong and eifectivestove door hinges which also possess the desiderataof economy in material and consequent reduction in cost of production. 7

Further the invention aims to provide a hinge which can be economicallymade of wrought iron or steel, so as to allow fusion with the sheetmetal stove door.

In the drawings: Figures 1 and 2 are perspective views of the two partswhich are to form the completed hinge as same appear after cutting fromthe stock; Figs. 3 and- 4 are similar views of the two parts after samehave been shaped and prior to assembling; Fig. 5 is a perspective viewof the parts assembled; and Fig. 6 is a front elevation of a stove doorshowing the hinges in position thereon.

In proceeding in accordance with the pres ent invention, a pair ofpieces 1 and 2 are cut from the stock which latter is half-round wroughtiron or steel, the pieces each being then similarly beveled atone endthereof at 3 in order to eliminate sharp edges where the.

pieces engage or are secured to the stove door. The piece 1 is thenoffset at its opposite end at 4: and the opposite end of the piece 2 isbent at right angles at 5, Whereupon the parts are assembled in theposition depicted in Fig. 5 in which position, the inner face of theright angular end 5 of piece 2 seats on the inner face of the offset end4 of piece 1, the two pieces thus having their inner sides conjointlyforming a right-angle and providing a completely circular'hinge pintleor trunnion 7, whereupon the ends 4 and 5 are then electrically weldedat 8. The hinge being formed in the manner described,

Specification of Letters Patent. Patented June 15, 1915, Applicationfiled June e, 1914. 7 Serial No. 843,432. 1 1

is then applied to the ends of the stove door A and is electricallywelded thereto on the lines D and E.

It is a well known fact that great difiiculty is experienced in thewelding of cast or malleable iron, and by making a hinge of wrought ironfrom two pieces of half-round stock, an economical hinge is providedwhich readily fuses with the sheet metal door and obviates thedifficulty and defects of welding cast or malleable iron. The halfroundstock is economical and requires no alteration except as regards thebeveling 3 and the offsetting and bending as hereinabove noted, wherebya'hinge can be both easily, quickly, and cheaply produced, and

possesses the advantage of ready welding with the sheet metal stovedoor.

What is claimed is. n

1. The herein described method of making stove door hinges forwrought-iron stove doors which consists in cutting two pieces ofhalf-round stock of wrought iron, then olfsetting an end of one pieceand in bending an end of the other piece at right angles, then inassembling and electrically welding said offset and bent ends to form ahinge trunnion of complete circular cross-section extending from thehalf-round surface, the flat surface of the hinge being adapted toclosely fit the corner of the wrought iron door and then being fusedthereto by an electric current.

2. The herein described method of making stove door hinges for wroughtiron stove doors which consists in cutting two pieces from half-roundwrought iron stock and then in assembling and electrically welding saidpieces whereby the same conjointly form an angular hinge having apintleeX- tending from the half-round surface, the flat surface of the hingebeing made to conform to the corner of the wrought-iron door and thenelectrically welding the hinge to the door.

3. The herein described method of making stove door hinges forwrought-iron doors which consists in uniting the adjacent ends of twopieces of half-round wrought-iron stock whereby said ends conjointlyform a hinge pintle and have angular relationship and a flat surface tofit snugly the corner of the Wrought-iron door and then electricallyWelding the hinge to the door as described and set forth. 7

4. The herein described method of making 5 a Wrought-iron stove doorhinge for'use in combination With a Wrought-iron stove door Whichconsists in taking half-round stock of Wrought-iron and cutting andbending two pieces thereof and electrically Welding them 10 together inangular relation to each other forth.

Witnesses:

. JoHN H. Coss, LELA RITCHIE.

In testimony whereof I affi in presence of two Witnesses. V

I BERRY A. BAXTER.

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